Rediscovering Us

Chapter 19

When I see a rainbow
I know someone somewhere
Loves me
-Anthony T Hincks

Thea's POV

I went back to the guest room after trying to convince madre to let me go home. I called May to tell her I won't be coming back until the rain stops. She was a bit disheartened, I could figure out from her voice but i really didn't want to stay here either nor did I want to go home.

Knock knock knock

"Come in"

"Hey" Alec came in

"Hi"

"Are you sad?"

"Nah am fine"

"Ofcourse how can you not you are with me"

"Here we go"

"What here we go? You die to be around me"

He held my cheeks between his fingers, swinging my face like you do with a baby

"Leave me" I pushed his hand back

And I picked up a pillow and hit him
"Don't" bam "be" bam " cocky"

"Fine fine" Alec said fixing his hair

"Ha ha i win"

"Oh by the way you remember Luke right?"

"Luke?"

"Shortie"

"Shortie as in our shortie"

"Yes"

Shortie or Luke used to be our friend. We as in shortie, Alec and I used to play together. He was so cute I kinda had a crush on him to be honest

"What's with him?"

"He's getting married"

"He's what?"

"I know right. I was so shocked"

"He was older than us but not old enough to get married"

"That's what I said. But he is blinded by love"

"Ugh"

"ugh?"

"All this love and stuff....does it even exist?"

"There are thousands who will testify to that. You don't belief in all this do you?"

"I do believe love exists but I don't think anybody can love so deeply that the nothing else matters to them."

"That's because you never liked someone so deeply let alone love. It's surreal. You yourself will be amazed how you respond to that person, how you behave around her, how just by looking at her you will not remember the things that has been on your mind all day, when she smiles everything seems to be brighter, you notice every small detail about her and keep on thinking about her, what is she doing, how is she doing, is she thinking about you" atlast he let out some air "but she is not Claire...she is not, she is happy and you want her to be happy you really do but you also want to be a part of her happiness and be with her yet again you are not"

Woah

"Am..am gonna go"

I wanted to stop him but words ceased to come out of my mouth.
I definitely pulled some strings there. I didn't even know he felt those things. Don't get me wrong but when you see a person who just wants to sleep with people, you don't exactly think they are capable of feeling things so deep.

To be honest I was not shaken by his words, it was the way he said those things that affected me. The longing in his voice scared me.

Amy is one hell of a lucky girl. The thought that Alec's dramatic monologue was about Amy for some reason hurt me. I was such a bad friend I thought to myself. I should be happy for them.

I decided not to bother Alec. I scrolled through Instagram for sometime before I went down as the sky got a bit clear.

Madre was making something in the kitchen

"Hi"

"Hey! I thought you were taking a nap"

"Nah!! What are you making though?" I climbed at the kitchen counter

"Your favourite hazelnut chocolate cake"

"Aww thanks"

"Ofcourse honey, anything for you. It's not everyday my Tia stays with me"

Isn't she the best?

"Taste it like you used too" she gave me a toothy smile

I took a bit of the batter with a fork and licked the lavishing batter.

"Mmmmhhh" I moaned

"What's going on?" Alec walked in, all sweaty he was probably in the gym.

I don't know if it was because I was on my periods but I want to rip off his shirt.

What in the fucking world is wrong with me?

"I am making cake for Tia"

"Let me taste"

"Already in the oven sweetie"

"I see Claire has some" Alec looked at me and then at the fork in my hand. He came forward sucked the rest of the batter and moaned.

Fuck! He's hot

Shut up
Shut up
Shut up

"You people go and sit at the table I'll bring the cake" madre instructed us

"Alec...am sorry if I said something that rubbed you the wrong way before"

"Oh no please don't say sorry"

"But.."

"Let's not talk about it.. okay" I just silently nodded

I looked outside the huge glass window to avoid eye contact.

"That's a rainbow" i pointed towards the vibrant colours

"Wanna go up to the terrace?"

We went up to the terrace and sat at the ledge. Alec held my hand as I was a bit sceptical about my safety. We sat in silence until Alec turned to look at me with a innocent soft look.

It was like we are in a movie, the wind was brushing through my hair while ruffling his. The sun was obscured by the cloud radiating mellow light.

Alec's green eyes looked more shiny, his clean shaved jawline looked sharper and his pink lips looked more licious.

His tall fingere twirled a strand of my hair and tucked it behind my ear. I felt the urge to kiss him. I moved closer and I don't know if i was wrong but I think he did too.

We were so close I could hear him breathe, I almost tasted his lips when I suddenly remembered Amy's face and i jerked back.

I gulped and turned to admire the scenic beauty in front of me.

"You okay?" Alec said clearing his voice

"Just tired" with that I put my head on his shoulder

I was tired. Extremely tired...of ignoring my feelings towards him. I am clearly attracted to him. If only I had felt this way few months back, may be i stood a chance. But he's in a relationship now.

I comfortably rested my head on his shoulder, one hand intertwined with his and the other holding his arms. He didn't utter a word. I kept drawing circles with my fingers on his strong mascular arm. At some point Alec kept his head on mine. It was the most amount of peace I had felt in days.

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